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From the daily archives: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Bethesda MD | Influenza researchers have found that flu strains migrate back and forth between different regions of the world, evolving along the way. This is contrary to the common belief that flu strains from the tropics are the source of global seasonal epidemics.
The research appeared online on Nov. 14 in the Proceedings of [...]
New York NY |
In the first study using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to evaluate cardiovascular risk in World Trade Center (WTC) first responders, researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that the responders who experienced high levels of exposure to the initial dust cloud on September 11, 2001, demonstrate high-risk features of [...]
Houston TX | Cardiologists are quick to point to statistics showing that the “door-to-balloon” treatment time for heart attack patients has dropped significantly in the past few years.
But a retrospective study reveals that those who call 911 are most likely to have suffered a severe heart attack and despite receiving treatment quickly, they are [...]
Maywood IL | A study of burn patients has found that those who suffered the most severe smoke inhalation also had more inflammation and spent more time on ventilators and in intensive care.
The study, led by researchers at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, is published ahead of print in the journal Critical [...]
New York NY | The World Trade Center (WTC) Health Registry, the largest post-disaster public health registry in United States, launched its third pediatric health survey this month. More than 1,300 adolescent enrollees who were exposed to the WTC disaster will be asked to share valuable information about their health ten years after 9/11, including [...]
Augusta ME | In just one year, the percentage of rental units with a carbon monoxide detector nearly doubled, jumping from 34 percent in 2009 to 58 percent in 2010, according to officials from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (MeCDC). The dramatic increase can be credited in large part to property owners [...]
Frankfort KY | Health and Family Services Cabinet Secretary Janie Miller and representatives from the Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) were on hand in Shelby County today to issue the state’s first HeartSafe Community Award, a designation for communities that have met a specific set of criteria to better respond to cardiac arrests.
Sec. [...]
London UK | The UK has been preparing for an influenza pandemic for some years. These preparations were tested by the H1N1 (2009) influenza pandemic although, in comparison with previous influenza pandemics, the H1N1 (2009) influenza pandemic was very mild. The response to the H1N1 (2009) influenza pandemic was the subject of an independent review [...]
NS | Premier Darrell Dexter awarded three courageous Nova Scotians with the medal of bravery today, Nov. 16, for putting their lives at risk to help others.
“Nova Scotians are special people who look out for one another, whether it’s performing a small act of kindness or taking courageous risks in extreme circumstances,” said Premier [...]
Fredericton NB | Physician assistants will soon begin working in the emergency department of the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton.
“Today is National Physician Assistant Day and what better way to observe this important day than to announce that physician assistants are being introduced into our health care system,” said Health Minister Madeleine [...]
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